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F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition pros and cons

Vendor: F5
4.5 out of 5

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PROS

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition enhances application performance while lowering costs and providing flexibility across hybrid clouds.
Its deployment improves user experience, performance, and security, offering significant benefits.
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition's stability and ease of use contribute to fewer security incidents, improved uptime, and increased customer satisfaction.
Organizations save approximately one hundred thousand dollars and reduce workforce needs, achieving a significant cost reduction.
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition provides advanced web application firewall protection and SSL offloading capabilities, boosting security and compliance.

CONS

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is highly resource-intensive, causing high CPU, RAM, and storage utilization.
Pricing is considered high, with licensing provided on an annual rather than perpetual basis.
Load management issues occur when multiple modules like AFM, APM, LTM, and GTM are used together.
There is a need for improvements in logging capabilities.
Failover capabilities are inadequate, sometimes failing during testing.
 

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Pros review quotes

Md. Al Imran Chowdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Link3 Technologies
Oct 12, 2023
The tool's investment is less than a physical device.
Sushil Gaund - PeerSpot reviewer
L3 Project Engineer at Inspira Enterprise
Feb 15, 2024
I have a specific issue with the network interface connector, the NIC. We're limited to a maximum of two NICs in a virtualized environment. It's a limitation of the tool.
Nikolay Dimitrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at Paysafe / IBM
Feb 20, 2024
It has DoS layer 7 protection, which not many vendors have.
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RafaelTorres - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Torres & Torres Tech
Mar 5, 2024
The features that I like include LTM and Global Traffic Manager (GTM).
Kodanda Ramji C.S - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager | Engineering | Cloud Managed Services at Sify Technologies
Apr 15, 2024
The integration capabilities of the product are easy to use, and there is no complexity involved in it.
Lilian Blaitt - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 14, 2025
It's easy to use, and they have good support.
Hammad Halim - PeerSpot reviewer
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
Jan 16, 2026
I would highly recommend F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition to everyone because we have had a phenomenal experience using this device.
Abdul Azim - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Jan 16, 2026
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition has positively impacted my organization in all three aspects: saving time, improving security posture, and complementing our appliances on our F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition.
AM
Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily
Jan 19, 2026
I truly appreciate the power of F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition compared to any other vendor we have used, and we have seen more use cases coming in, proving it to be better than other products.
reviewer2800341 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jan 30, 2026
Organizations, if you are using or if you want an enterprise-level solution, you definitely have to go with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition.
 

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Cons review quotes

Md. Al Imran Chowdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Link3 Technologies
Oct 12, 2023
The tool has limitations with respect to code and RAM.
Sushil Gaund - PeerSpot reviewer
L3 Project Engineer at Inspira Enterprise
Feb 15, 2024
I have a specific issue with the network interface connector, the NIC. We're limited to a maximum of two NICs in a virtualized environment. It's a limitation of the tool.
Nikolay Dimitrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at Paysafe / IBM
Feb 20, 2024
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is a heavy system that needs a lot of CPU, memory, and hard disk.
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RafaelTorres - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Torres & Torres Tech
Mar 5, 2024
BIG-IP could improve in supporting microservices, for example, in Docker and Kubernetes environments.
Kodanda Ramji C.S - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager | Engineering | Cloud Managed Services at Sify Technologies
Apr 15, 2024
On-the-go upgrades are an option that the tool currently lacks, making it an area where improvements are required.
Lilian Blaitt - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 14, 2025
It's expensive and could be cheaper.
Hammad Halim - PeerSpot reviewer
IT consultant at Beginning Solutions IT
Jan 16, 2026
I believe F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition could be improved in the area of pricing. It is a somewhat expensive solution, and the price needs to be improved based on what our customers have told us.
Abdul Azim - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Jan 16, 2026
From a pricing perspective, F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition is somewhat high compared to others, and the licensing is provided as annual-based licenses rather than perpetual licenses.
AM
Senior Network And Security Engineer at Mobily
Jan 19, 2026
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition could be improved by enhancing the GUI, as I think it should be more user-friendly.
reviewer2800341 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jan 30, 2026
As per my understanding, there is a need to improve support. Sometimes it is very critical to get support for that.